Who are these likely voters, anyway?
After Labor Day, most pollsters start to apply “likely voter screens,” in which they attempt to identify respondents who are not just registe...
Zogby’s projections, which resemble mine, are here. Here is a plot of afternoon exit polls against my last poll margins. As you can see, most of the data points fall around Kerry +3%, the assumption that went into my final projection. However, the gender breakdown is 59F-41M, suggesting a biased sample, and thus indicating a problem with my assumption. However, as you all know, much depends on FL and OH. The partial returns for FL (77% of precincts reporting) indicate Bush – does anyone know if these include early voting, absentee and overseas? Overseas and absentee may not be counted until Thursday. Early votes – probably counted.
